CollegeWeekends.com

Name

CollegeWeekends.com

Website

https://collegeweekends.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CollegeWeekends.com was a niche online marketplace connecting visitors to US college towns with owners of short-term and vacation rental properties. Founded in 2009 in Charlottesville, the company has been acquired by Rent Like a Champion and now redirects users to the acquirer.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vacation Rental Marketplace

NAICS

Rooming and Boarding Houses, Dormitories, and Workers' Camps (72131), Traveler Accommodation (7211)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Housing Marketplaces & Booking Platforms (THAMAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

University Dorms & Affiliated Summer Housing (THAMAGAA), Student & Academic Term Monthly Housing (THAMAFAH)

Keywords

• Vacation rental marketplace
• College town lodging
• Short-term rental platform
• College town accommodations
• Game weekend rentals

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlottesville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Core offering

CollegeWeekends.com was an online marketplace platform that connected visitors traveling to college towns with owners of short-term and vacation rental properties. The platform specialized in lodging near U.S. college campuses, catering to events such as game days, graduations, and campus visits. Following its acquisition by Rent Like a Champion, the website redirects users to the acquirer's platform at rentlikeachampion.com.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CollegeWeekends.com (college town rental marketplace) Online marketplace platform that connects travelers visiting U.S. college towns with owners of short-term and vacation rental properties near college campuses, serving event-driven demand from football weekends, graduations, parent weekends, and campus visits.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Rent Like a ChampioncoreOthersCollegeWeekends.com has been acquired by Rent Like a Champion. The company now redirects users to rentlikeachampion.com for college town lodging needs. This represents a complete acquisition rather than a partnership, with CollegeWeekends.com effectively ceasing independent operations.

Broad incumbents

• Vrbo: Vacation rental marketplace owned by Expedia Group with substantial college town listings; overlaps with CollegeWeekends.com's visitor base and short-term rental hosts.
• Airbnb: Global short-term rental marketplace that hosts significant college town inventory; competes for the same visitors and host supply as CollegeWeekends.com but at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• Tripping.com: Meta-search engine for short-term rentals across multiple booking platforms, including college town listings; competes for organic search demand that CollegeWeekends.com also targeted.
• Vacasa: Large professionally-managed vacation rental company with inventory in college towns; competes for property owners considering short-term rental management partnerships.

Direct peers

• Student.com: Online booking platform for student housing globally, including short-term and semester-length stays near universities; closely comparable marketplace model serving a student/parent customer base.
• Rent Like a Champion: The acquiring company and the most direct peer; operates short-term rentals specifically tailored to college football weekends and campus events. Now absorbs CollegeWeekends.com's traffic and inventory.
• Furnished Finder: Marketplace for furnished monthly rentals frequently used by traveling nurses, students, and academics near universities; comparable niche focus on education-adjacent short and mid-term housing.

Emerging players

• Blueground: Furnished apartment provider for stays of 30+ nights, with growing presence near major universities; comparable extended-stay customer use case among academics, visiting faculty, and graduate students.
• Kasa: Tech-enabled short-term rental operator with professionally-managed units in university-adjacent markets; overlaps with CollegeWeekends.com's host services and short-stay visitor segments.
• Sonder: Operator of short-stay, design-led apartments in urban markets including university cities; comparable short-term furnished rental product but with a professionally-managed, tech-enabled operating model.

Market position

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about CollegeWeekends.com